Tiffany Wu

BS, Biology, UC Santa Cruz, 2014

Research Interests:

My current research project is a collaboration between two other UC Berkeley labs and a diagnostic biotechnology company. We are working towards developing a new diagnostic test and platform to rapidly detect carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonos aeruginosa (PA) directly from blood and urine samples. CRE and PA, two groups of Gram-negative bacterial (GNB) pathogens, are becoming alarming threats globally in healthcare and community settings due to their drug-resistance properties. By developing this new diagnostic test, we hope to improve patient treatments for CRE and PA infections, decrease the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and ultimately reduce the spread of drug-resistant GNBs in hospital and community settings.